Haydn: Gypsy Rondo (Piano Trio In G Hob. XV:25), String Quartet

Category: String Quartet ** Composer: Haydn, Josef ** Title: Gypsy Rondo (from Piano Trio In G, Hob. XV:25) ** Edited by: Harry Wimmer ** Publisher: Arioso Press ** Comments: Transcribed for String Quartet.

The Gypsy Rondo is probably Haydns most popular composition. It is, of course, the Finale of his Piano Trio In G, Hob XV/25, officially known as the Rondo all-Ongarese. It is the perfect encore piece and is therefore often performed by itself at the end of a concert. It has everything: a bright, catchy, busy tune, somber interludes in the minor key, twirling dance-like figures and, of course, a flashy ending.

String Quartets will find this irreverent, lively, virtuoso transcription a welcome relief after grappling with the solemnities and profundities of all-Beethoven, all-Bartok, all-Shostakovich or all-Elliot Carter cycles. Enjoy!